Antecedents of Entrepreneurial Intention: The Moderating Effect of the Family Entrepreneurial Background

摘要

This article extends the debate regarding entrepreneurial intention antecedents. It seeks to achieve an in-depth understanding of the direct influence of attitude, entrepreneurial education (EE), and gender on entrepreneurial intention (El), but also of the moderator effect of family background on the EE-EI relationship in an international context. The study employs structural equation modeling (SEM) to test our hypotheses. Data analysis is based on the information of French and . international postgraduate students in French business schools. The results suggest a positive and significant causal relationship between attitude and El for both samples. However, the results also reveal that EE has a negative influence on El development. As such, our results open interesting perspectives regarding El antecedents, but also concerning the efficiency of the pedagogical approach adapted on EE.